Occlusion Training Blood Flow Restriction Bands

Posted: December 10, 2025

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Occlusion Training Blood Flow Restriction Bands

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Occlusion training, and the bands that facilitate it, is for all the lightweights out there. As in the plates, bars, dumbbells, and kettlebells that are physically on the lighter side. Originally termed KAATSU training by Yoshiaki Sato, the Japanese doctor who developed the method, occlusion training applies a light tourniquet or, as we see here, a blood flow restriction (BFR) band, to reduce a targeted muscle's access to oxygen. The deficit pre-fatigues slow twitch muscle fibers and lessens their ability to move work loads, while enabling fast twitch muscle fibers to respond and contract quickly, producing faster lean muscle growth. At least that's the theory. And most of its supporting evidence comes directly from Sato and his KAATSU training university.

Still, if you want to give occlusion training a whirl as an alternative to throwing around heavy weights around, these nylon blood flow restriction cuffs are an inch wide, and designed to strap up easily and securely. Heavy-duty buckles with metal teeth ensure the bands will always win the battle of the bulge...ing biceps during use, with no slippage or failure. An EZ-Adjust spring-loaded lever on each BFR cuff allows for tightening or loosening the fit using just 1 or 2 fingers.

BFR cuffs' recommended pairing load is 10% to 30% of a 1-rep max weight. So like for me, the heaviest single rep bicep curl I could handle would probably be around 500 pounds, so I should be BFR cuff curling at 50 to 150 pounds. Yeah, that sounds about right.

Since occlusion training significantly lightens your weight load, it requires a proportionate increase the number of reps you do while wearing the bands. Basically as many as you can with as little rest as possible until you fatigue. This set includes 2 bands so you can work out both arms at the same time.

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